Estimating the Nisab of Zakah by Gold or Silver
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The questioner:
There is nothing in it that is widespread among many people, namely that the zakah of wealth is not present until it ends.
The Shaykh:
What does it not become?
The questioner:
Its transfer.
The Shaykh:
I did not hear.
The questioner:
And in every matter, it is indicated among many people that the estimation of the zakah of wealth is not done except by [unclear], and they estimate it based on the fitrah. They exaggerate when it becomes a reduction in it. Is this correct? Or is the fitrah also estimated?
The Shaykh:
They say: If it is estimated by silver, it falls below the nisab, and if it is estimated by gold, it reaches the nisab, or vice versa. By which of the two currencies is it estimated? It is estimated by whichever of the two currencies reaches the nisab, because the two currencies are one thing, and one serves as a substitute for the other. Yes.
There is nothing in it that is widespread among many people, namely that the zakah of wealth is not present until it ends.
The Shaykh:
What does it not become?
The questioner:
Its transfer.
The Shaykh:
I did not hear.
The questioner:
And in every matter, it is indicated among many people that the estimation of the zakah of wealth is not done except by [unclear], and they estimate it based on the fitrah. They exaggerate when it becomes a reduction in it. Is this correct? Or is the fitrah also estimated?
The Shaykh:
They say: If it is estimated by silver, it falls below the nisab, and if it is estimated by gold, it reaches the nisab, or vice versa. By which of the two currencies is it estimated? It is estimated by whichever of the two currencies reaches the nisab, because the two currencies are one thing, and one serves as a substitute for the other. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 82 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الزكاة/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:26)
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